Greene v. Fisher

Disclosure: Goldstein & Russell, P.C. serves as counsel to the petitioner in this case.

Holding: For purposes of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, “clearly established federal law” is limited to the Supreme Court’s decisions “as of the time of the relevant state-court adjudication on the merits.”

Judgment: Affirmed, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia on November 8, 2011.

Aug. 2015

In a conversation with Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard, Justice Samuel Alito reflects upon (among other things) his arrival on the Court, recent First Amendment cases, the themes in his dissent in Obergefell v. Hodges, and his love for baseball.